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Following are resources you may find helpful when planning your lessons and/or student projects.
Newseum:"Today's Front Pages"
Choose from 695 newspaper front pages from 75 countries to find out what is going on in the world around us. These are updated daily.www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages
Classroom 2.0: 100 Best YouTube Videos for Teachers YouTube provides great resources and content for teachers and students. This site is provided by SmartTeaching.org, and lists educational videos for every subject area plus classroom management strategies, technology tips, inspirational videos for education, and more. (See "Converting YouTube Videos" on my intranet site for directions to procure videos for classroom use.) http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/649749:BlogPost:177332
Google Earth Virtual History and Geography Tours Find ready-made U.S. and world history tours + geography tours that are compatible with Google Earth. *Must have Google Earth downloaded in order for these links to work. http://historytours.wikispaces.com
Library of Congress This site provides loads of teaching resources for the social studies classroom. http://www.loc.gov/teachers
The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2008
Digital History: Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and Research This site provides multi-media materials on a variety of social studies topics. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
Interactive Websites for Social Studies
This site provides dozens of resources for interactive activities, many that can be used with the PolyVision interactive whiteboard, in all areas of Social Studies. http://polyvision.wikispaces.com/Social+Studies+Websites?f=print
Group Creator
Flash Group Maker: For a quick and easy way to create random groups of 2, 3, 4, or 5 in your classroom, click onto the link below. Once student lists are initially established, groups can easily be re-shuffled for new mixes in seconds. This is a real time saver! http://www.superteachertools.com/classroom-tools/group-maker.php?myinput=10
That Quiz An interactive site that contains questions about geography. These are great for use with the interactive whiteboard and for class activators.http://www.thatquiz.org
Quizlet Find interactive activities and pre-made quizzes on various topics here. http://quizlet.com
HippoCampus Hundreds of instructional videos on various social studies topics. www.hippocampus.org
Educational Videos for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies, and English NeoK12 is a site that provides educational videos, lessons, and games for K-12 students. (Videos are network-friendly!) http://www.neok12.com
Following are resources you may find helpful when planning your lessons and/or student projects.
Newseum: "Today's Front Pages"
Choose from 695 newspaper front pages from 75 countries to find out what is going on in the world around us. These are updated daily. www.newseum.org/todaysfrontpages
Classroom 2.0: 100 Best YouTube Videos for TeachersYouTube provides great resources and content for teachers and students. This site is provided by SmartTeaching.org, and lists educational videos for every subject area plus classroom management strategies, technology tips, inspirational videos for education, and more. (See "Converting YouTube Videos" on my intranet site for directions to procure videos for classroom use.) http://www.classroom20.com/profiles/blogs/649749:BlogPost:177332
World-oMeters
World statistics updated in real time http://www.worldometers.info
The WeekThis site shares the top news stories of the week, including popular political cartoons. www.theweek.com
This Day In HistoryFind out what happened throughout history on any particular day or month. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/daybyday/daybyday_menu.cfm
Google Earth Virtual History and Geography ToursFind ready-made U.S. and world history tours + geography tours that are compatible with Google Earth. *Must have Google Earth downloaded in order for these links to work. http://historytours.wikispaces.com
Library of CongressThis site provides loads of teaching resources for the social studies classroom. http://www.loc.gov/teachers
The Living Room Candidate: Presidential Campaign Commercials 1952-2008
Video footage of campaign commercials http://www.livingroomcandidate.org
Digital History: Using New Technologies to Enhance Teaching and ResearchThis site provides multi-media materials on a variety of social studies topics. http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu
Interactive Websites for Social Studies
This site provides dozens of resources for interactive activities, many that can be used with the PolyVision interactive whiteboard, in all areas of Social Studies. http://polyvision.wikispaces.com/Social+Studies+Websites?f=print
Group Creator
Flash Group Maker: For a quick and easy way to create random groups of 2, 3, 4, or 5 in your classroom, click onto the link below. Once student lists are initially established, groups can easily be re-shuffled for new mixes in seconds. This is a real time saver!
http://www.superteachertools.com/classroom-tools/group-maker.php?myinput=10
That Quiz
An interactive site that contains questions about geography. These are great for use with the interactive whiteboard and for class activators. http://www.thatquiz.org
Quizlet
Find interactive activities and pre-made quizzes on various topics here. http://quizlet.com
HippoCampus
Hundreds of instructional videos on various social studies topics.
www.hippocampus.org
Educational Videos for Kids about Science, Math, Social Studies, and English
NeoK12 is a site that provides educational videos, lessons, and games for K-12 students. (Videos are network-friendly!)
http://www.neok12.com